If you have a pain in your shins or shin splints, as some call them, check your shoes: Are they worn out or are they not suitable because you are flat footed, or high arched? Find out the basics about your feet type and the ideal shoes for you in the section on running shoes. If you have had your running shoes for a year or so, replace them as they have probably lost 70% of their cushioning. Else, you can reduce your runs, rest a bit. Also try and strengthen the muscles of your shin (i.e. the front of the leg below your knees).. You could do this by standing on a step and raising both sets of toes, or a more strenuous version of this.
Some of us could get a pain in the knee area, called Runner's Knee, if we have been running. Rub ice on your knee after exercise, reduce the amount of running, run on a treadmill instead of on the road and review the condition and appropriateness of your shoes again.
There are various other injuries that could occur due to overtraining, incorrect posture, incorrect shoes, inadequate stretching opr warming up before a strenuous exercise. |
